Mission & Evangelism
Sharing Faith Dinners
Sharing Faith dinners provide an opportunity to gather around a meal to participate in life together. At each dinner, a moderator will prompt participants to share stories of faith with printed questions. These Sharing Faith Dinners invite people into a safe and welcoming space to share stories of life and faith, as well as build relationships.
When? Host a dinner anytime.
How? Receive instructions on how to conduct dinners within your congregation by following this link. Order your deck(s) of cards by registering below.
Questions? Contact Canon Jason Lewis at jason@episcopalky.org.
Please see Media Packet in sidebar.
Department of Mission and Evangelism Information
"The Department will keep before the congregations of the diocese the challenge of a clear presentation of the Good News, which expects and receives a response from Christians through the living out of their baptismal covenant."
— By-Laws of the Diocese of Kentucky
Scope and Purpose of the Shared Work of the Department
(1) Oversee and promote mission planning and implementation
(2) Coordinate with:
• Mission Funding Committee — offer recommendations regarding grant/loan funding
• Budget Committee — offer recommendations regarding requests of missions and ecclesial communities for funding from the annual budget of the Diocese
(3) Have a special concern for the evangelistic role of the Church
(4) Stay informed on the styles and methods of evangelism
(5) Provide resources and assist congregations in special programs of evangelism
Working Definitions of the Department - "Mission" and "Evangelism"
Joining in God’s Reconciling Work by Seeing, Sharing, and Acting in the Love of God
Evangelism involves sharing and invited others into the “good news” that God is already active and present in the all of life. We are to be transformed with renewed “eyes” and “hearts” so that we might identify, name, lift up, and join with God’s work in our world. We “good news” in our world as we share the love of God in Christ and enter into the reconciliation already achieved in the life and work of Christ.
Mission is centered in God’s life and work. God is reconciling the world to God’s self and has called the church to enter into that transforming activity. The genesis of mission is found in God’s being – always loving and reaching outward to God’s beloved world. Mission is accomplished as we are renewed and transformed by God so we might share in what God is doing in our lives, neighbor’s lives, our surrounding community/region, and indeed, the world. Mission involves “seeing,” “being” and “doing” the love of God. The church doesn’t have a mission. God has a mission, and calls the church to co-create, co-operate, and participate in that mission. God has a mission with a church to accomplish it. As the church we are “sent” - we “go” - to carry out the reconciling work of God.
Mission is centered in God’s life and work. God is reconciling the world to God’s self and has called the church to enter into that transforming activity. The genesis of mission is found in God’s being – always loving and reaching outward to God’s beloved world. Mission is accomplished as we are renewed and transformed by God so we might share in what God is doing in our lives, neighbor’s lives, our surrounding community/region, and indeed, the world. Mission involves “seeing,” “being” and “doing” the love of God. The church doesn’t have a mission. God has a mission, and calls the church to co-create, co-operate, and participate in that mission. God has a mission with a church to accomplish it. As the church we are “sent” - we “go” - to carry out the reconciling work of God.
“All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.”
2 Corinthians 5:18
Resources
Evangelism Matters 2016 Confernence - Videos
Unbinding the Gospel - Resources
